Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

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Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

保守主义抛弃处方,逃避原则,否定进步;它拒绝一切对古代的尊重,对现在没有任何补偿,对未来也没有任何准备。

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

据说,自由主义者对别人的钱很慷慨,除非涉及到国家存亡的问题,他们更愿意对别人的自由和安全慷慨。

The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.

超级碗不是为孩子们准备的,但我玩得很开心,每一分钱都是值得的,因为通过做这个关于比赛的蹩脚文章,我可以把它记在我的费用账户上。

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

通过“激进”,我理解一个人走得太远;“保守主义者”指的是走得不够远的人;被一个“反动分子”,一个根本不愿去的人。

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

有两种球员根本不值得讨厌:一种从来不按别人说的去做,另一种除了别人告诉他的以外什么也不做。

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

政治不是左右之争;它是关于顶部和底部的。